hehe, Big Papi, I can only imagine the excitement you had when you saw Eric and Danielle run around that corner! I'm glad you had a great time/experience!

Thank you Michael. There were quite a few people at our viewing party as I state in another post here who were as excited and happy as my wife, daughter, and I were when our son and Dani ran into the park. I can also tell you that the BQ's and Charla and Mirna received the same rousing reception when they were shown arriving at the park. I'm trying to track down some pics to post here and hopefully I will have them soon....

A very interesting hunk of new information has arisen on SUCKS, where there is a new thread dedicated exclusively to a question and answer dialogue with Eric Sanchez. He has answered a wide variety of questions posed by SUCKS posters. The ones that interest me the most are the ones relating to the finish of All-Stars. Here is a summary of what Eric said about it:

1. CBS and World Race Productions were essentially playing editing games to have the FINALE look closer than it was.

2. Eric and Danielle left the Grateful Dead House and arrived at the Old Mint about 2 minutes behind Dustin and Kandice. Once Danielle solved the puzzle(which apparently took a while, not what was shown on TV), it did not matter how quickly Dustin and Kandice solved the puzzle; they were not going to catch Eric and Danielle. The claim that Eric/Danielle would have been released about 2 minutes later anyway therefore appears spurious. Editing made all this seem very different on TV.

4. Eric and Danielle arrived at the FINISH LINE 10 to 15 minutes ahead of Dustin and Kandice.

EDITOR's NOTE - this was edited as a result of feedback from good friends whose comments caused me to go back to the source and reread it carefully.

Yes I saw that too! Thank you Eric! Good thinking on having Dispatch help you.

But the way I read it was slightly different? I thought he said the BQ's arrived first at the Mint (final task) but that he and Danielle arrived at the Finish Line first, 10-15 minutes in front of the BQ's.

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the bq's arrived at the final task just before us. we arrived at the finish line 10-15 min before them. danielle got the code right on her third or fourth try, but the timer you saw on tv wasn't accurate. the show created drama with the timers and the taxi ride,

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